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Firewall Blocks Communication to Identity Manager Components in Windows 2008 SP2 Deployments

During installation in Windows 2008 SP2 deployments, communication to Identity Manager components, such as the Provisioning Server, Java Connector Server, and the C++ Connector Server, is blocked by the firewall.

Workaround

Add port exceptions or disable the Windows firewall to access distributed Identity Manager components in Windows 2008 SP2 deployments.